The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Blues Album Chart
for the Week of Jul 7, 2018
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | The Blues is Alive and Well | Buddy Guy | RCA | Electric Blues |
| - | 2 | 2 | The NOLA Sessions | Tom Hambridge | Superstar | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 3 | 5 | Hard to Love | Joyann Parker | Self-Release | Soul Blues |
| ▼ | 4 | 3 | Shine Bright | Marcia Ball | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 5 | 7 | Memphis Song | Tas Cru | SubCat | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 6 | 4 | First Class Life | Mike Zito | Ruf | Blues Rock |
| ▼ | 7 | 6 | Victor Wainwright & the Train | Victor Wainwright | Ruf | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 8 | 9 | Enjoy the Ride | Deb Ryder | VizzTone | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 9 | 10 | City Soul | Russ Green | Cleopatra | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 10 | 16 | In the Boys' Club | Kat Riggins | Bluzpik | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 11 | 8 | Bob Corritore & Friends: Don't Let the Devil Ride! | Bob Corritore | Vizz Tone | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 12 | 11 | Cry No More | Danielle Nicole | Concord | Blues Rock |
| - | 13 | 13 | Blind Spot | The Lucky Losers | Dirty Cat | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 14 | 21 | The Ice Queen | Sue Foley | Stony Plain | Blues Rock |
| ▼ | 15 | 12 | Love Lives on | Dana Fuchs | Get Along | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 16 | 15 | Let It Go | Bernard Allison | Ruf | Blues Rock |
| ▼ | 17 | 14 | Cold November | Spencer Mackenzie | Gypsy Soul | Blues Rock |
| - | 18 | 18 | Blues Warrior | Bridget Kelly Band | Alpha Sun | Blues Rock |
| ▲ | 19 | 38 | VooDoo Woman | Crystal Shawanda | New Sun | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 20 | 27 | Run to Me | Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar | Gypsy Soul | Soul Blues |
| ▲ | 21 | 26 | Premonition of Love | Kathy Murray & The Kilowatts | Nola Blue | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 22 | 17 | Almost Transparent Blues | Wily Bo Walker | Mescal Canyon | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 23 | 41 | Manhattan Alley | Big Apple Blues | Stone Tone | Contemporary Blues |
| - | 24 | 24 | Love is an Army | Janiva Magness | Blue Élan | Contemporary Blues |
| - | 25 | 25 | My Life (Twentieth Anniversary) | Reverend Raven & The Chain Smokin' Altar Boys | Nevermore | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 26 | 81 | Back to Chicago (feat. Steve Freund, Tad Robinson & Ken Saydak) | Rockwell Avenue Blues Band | Delmark | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 27 | 28 | Winning Hand | Tinsley Ellis | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| *NEW* | 28 | - | Wild Again | The Proven Ones | Roseleaf | Blues Rock |
| ▼ | 29 | 23 | No Mercy in This Land | Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite | Anti | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 30 | 19 | Good As I Been to You | Steve Howell & The Mighty Men | Out Of The Past | Country Blues |
| ▼ | 31 | 29 | Backland Blues | Waydown Wailers | Woodstock | Blues Rock |
| *NEW* | 32 | - | Something Smells Funky 'Round Here | Elvin Bishop | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 33 | 32 | Fineprint | James Harman | Electro-F | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 34 | 69 | Problem Child | Dany Franchi | Station House | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 35 | 20 | Reckoning | Billy Price | Vizztone | Soul Blues |
| ▲ | 36 | 40 | Tribute to Carey Bell | Lurrie Bell | Delmark | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 37 | 62 | In Between | Miss Emily | Self-Release | Soul Blues |
| ▼ | 38 | 33 | Things Have Changed | Bettye LaVette | Verve | Soul Blues |
| ▼ | 39 | 37 | Lock Up the Liquor | The Little Red Rooster Blues Band | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| *NEW* | 40 | - | A Woman's Soul: a Tribute to Bessie Smith | Rory Block | Stony Plain | Acoustic Blues |
| ▼ | 41 | 36 | They Call Me Mud | Mud Morganfield | Severn | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 42 | 31 | Here in Babylon | Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps | Jesi-Lu | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 43 | 46 | Dial It in | Reverend Freakchild | Treated & Released | Blues Rock |
| - | 44 | 44 | Unfinished Business | Victoria Ginty | Blue Door | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 45 | 39 | Sometimes the Blues Got Me | Breezy Rodio | Delmark | Chicago Blues |
| ▼ | 46 | 22 | The High Cost of Low Living | Nick Moss | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| *NEW* | 47 | - | Uptown Cool | Big Harp George | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 48 | 53 | Brighter Days | Grand Marquis | Self-Release | Jazzy Blues |
| ▲ | 49 | 51 | Wisdom & Decay | Jeff Jensen | Swingsuit | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 50 | 34 | Myles Goodwyn and Friends of the Blues | Myles Goodwyn | Linus | Blues Rock |
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